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Australian family businesses lag global counterparts

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... should have a family constitution. Conflict can easily impact business and family harmony so it's a good idea to lay the ground rules early," Prestney said.

Govt moves to repeal super payslip disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
The government is moving to repeal a law requiring employers to disclose on employee payslips the amount of superannuation contributed and the date at which the contribution will be made. This move, however, will not remove super contributions from ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... of San Francisco (FRBSF) and the IMF worried about complacency in the financial markets as indicated by low, down on the ground, volatility. Well they got their wish - and long before the gift-giving season that is Christmas. Though it closed at a reading ...

BT launches 'ground-breaking' advice register

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... qualifications, customer ratings and feedback. Dubbed 'Adviser View' and described by BT's general manager of advice Mark Spier as a "ground-breaking" initiative, the tool allows potential customers to search for an adviser by name, postcode or specialisation. ...

Upfront commissions linked to bad advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Advisers remunerated solely through upfront commissions appear to be statistically more likely to provide non-compliant advice, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). While 80% of the risk advice examined in the study ...

APRA confirms MySuper non-confidentiality rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will treat MySuper product data as non-confidential, following a period of industry consultation. APRA said the industry "generally supported" APRA's proposal to treat data as non-confidential if ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... market looks set to open higher following solid gains on Wall Street as a strong housing report helped equities regain ground. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,402. Locally, in economic news ...

ASIC bans person who made false Facebook investment claims

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
A person from a Sydney-based investment business has been banned from providing financial services after he persuaded investors to invest money with him on the false grounds that he had access to an exclusive deal involving the Facebook initial public ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... market looks set to open higher following solid gains on Wall Street as a strong housing report helped equities regain ground. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,402. Locally, in economic news ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... reside - down 7.2% this year to date. And oh, this is compounded by the drop in price of that other metal dug from the ground. Spot gold prices have fallen to a nine-month low of US$1,214.70 an ounce. A function of the rising US dollar which, in turn ...